The New Nonsense: The End of the Rational ConsensusAnalyzes the embracing of non-rational ideas or beliefs in the face of contradictory evidence as a harbinger of social collapse. |
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... Nixon's first Presidential campaign . So , ten years after Riesman's discovery of " other - directedness " or Man - as - Amorph , we have its logical sequel -the " image " or Man - as - Pure - Persona ( and eight years after that ...
... Nixon's first Presidential campaign . So , ten years after Riesman's discovery of " other - directedness " or Man - as - Amorph , we have its logical sequel -the " image " or Man - as - Pure - Persona ( and eight years after that ...
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... Nixon's first try at the Presi- dency , in 1960. Few men in our public life have been more con- sistently , openly contrived than he . One must give him credit ; he did it all right there onstage - switching hats , changing his delivery ...
... Nixon's first try at the Presi- dency , in 1960. Few men in our public life have been more con- sistently , openly contrived than he . One must give him credit ; he did it all right there onstage - switching hats , changing his delivery ...
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... Nixon always managed to turn the tables on his detractors— not by being a new man , but by tirelessly acting the part of one . In allowing himself to be shown in full makeup as the New Nixon , he even let us in on the fact - a stroke of ...
... Nixon always managed to turn the tables on his detractors— not by being a new man , but by tirelessly acting the part of one . In allowing himself to be shown in full makeup as the New Nixon , he even let us in on the fact - a stroke of ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
On Being a Believer | 33 |
Touch Hate Feel Etc | 42 |
Copyright | |
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